Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-27
RULED HIM OUT OF ORDER
NOT AMBITIOUS.
President Cleveland Announces His De-
termination to Decline 3 RenOmi.
nation.

President Cleveland Announces HIS De-
termination to Decline q Renomi-
nation.
Washington to the St. Louis Republican
gives the following rather startling informa-
tion. President Cleveland neither wishes
nor will accepta denomination. This will
be important information to the country,
setting at rest the important
QUESTION OF SECOND TERM.
The correspondent of the Republican has
statement, however, and it can be depended
on as strictly and entirely true. 1t comes
from the President himself, who made a
declaration to this effect on Wednesday to
a prominent Democratic Senator from one
of the Western Stetss who is on terms of
especial intimacy at the White house. The
President spoke with so much deliberate
earnestness and such studied emphasis
son to question his perfect and entire sim
certify. His manner, no less than his
words indicated that the declaration was
simply the decision OF q firm resolution,
resulting from
A CAREFUL CONSIDERATION
OF all the phases of the matter. The Presi-
dent said he had not given any intimatiOn
of his feelings to the representatives of the
press for the reason that he felt nothing
he might BAY about not wishing or being
willing to take second term would be be-
lieved. II hardly expect anybody to be-
lieve it," he said, Except my wife, but it
is so none the less.'' Continuing, he said:
Everything do; every appointment l
make, they think it is to secure reelection
On the contrary. am counting the days
that remain until my release from Office
just as if l were prisoner in confine-
ment."
Apparently to make it plain that he had
taken no half-hearted resolution, the Pres.
dent proceeded to speak of the exacting
and la borious duties which fall to the in.
cumhent of the Presidential office. When
the functions of the Presidency are admin
istered with the minute faithfulness he has.
brought to the position, no man, he SAID,
could endure the strain OF such labor, at
once physical and mental, for q longer
period than four years without risk OF
permanent injury to his health. For these
reasons he could not think
OF A CONTINUANCE OF HIS TERM
beyond the four years he has now half COM
nleted. Nothing, he said, would persuade
deliberately formed. He did not want
second term, and did not believe there
were any obligations of public duty which
could require him to forego his personal
wishes.
The Senator, who has repeated this con-
versation to his friends. says that while the
President was not talking for the purpose
of getting his views about reelection 6t lore
the public, there was no intimation that ne
des;res his words to be regarded as conh-
Dental.
WHAT LAMONT SAYS.
WASHINGTON, April 49, The PresldenS
was engaged this morning and could NOT pe
seen with reference to the statement 1ele
eraphed from St. Louis at q late hour las0 s1
night to the effect that in conversation WIN
a prominent Senator he had expreseeo a."
unalterable determination not to accepI
denomination. Colonel Lamont, however.
upon being questioned upon the suoleoS tas
said: II am quite sure the President nas
never said he would or would not acceP1
denomination. That question ls not nov
concerning him, and know OF no OCCASION
calling for its decision at this time.